Two aides to Mayor John F. Street said his staff
was tipped off last fall about an FBI bug that had been placed in his
office, contradicting earlier statements by the city's top police
official and mayoral advisers who said they knew nothing about the
listening device before it was found. Installed in mid-September as
part of an anti-corruption probe, the bug was found Oct. 7 by police
who had been ordered to sweep the mayoral suite by Police Commissioner
Sylvester Johnson. In the days after the discovery, Johnson said
repeatedly that the sweep was routine. Top aides to Street said that
they had no knowledge of the listening device until it was found. Two
mayoral aides questioned by federal prosecutors, however, have
confirmed that the administration was tipped off about the bug -
although they will not say by whom. The tip apparently came first to
Street's communication director, Barbara Grant, her attorney said
Friday. [more ]
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